Professor Konrad Raczkowski is Undersecretary of State in the Ministry ofFinance, Poland and a member of the National Development Council of the Presidentof the Republic of Poland. He is also currently Head of the EconomicInstitute of the University of Social Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, where he is aProfessor of Economics and Management, and Chair of the Department ofEconomic Security Management. Professor Raczkowski specialises in themanagement of economic systems, public finance and the informal economy. Since2010 he has served as an expert and reviewer for the Parliamentary ResearchBureau of the Chancellery of the Parliament (Poland), various economicorganisations, enterprises and international institutions. From 2003 to 2013,he was an employee of the Ministry of Finance in Poland. He has previouslyworked with the European Commission's European Anti-Fraud Office in Brussels(2006-2010) and the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm.He is a Swedish government scholar in management (2009) and a member of theBritish Academy of Management.

• Chapter 1)What Does Risk Management in an Economy Really Mean?; Konrad Raczkowski, Piotr Tworek.- Chapter 2) Elimination ofExchange Rate Risk in TTIP By Inclusion of a Clause Linking the Dollar andEuro; Katarzyna Żukrowska.- Chapter3) The Effect of Countries’ Credit Ratings on Credit Default Swap Spreads; Patrycja Chodnicka.- Chapter 4) RiskAnalysis Instrument of Public Management; MartaPostuła.- Chapter 5) Multidimensionality of Risk in Public SafetyManagement Processes; Barbara Kożuch, Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek.- Chapter 6) The EarlyWarning Concept in Identifying Risks in Business Activity; Katarzyna Dohn, Wojciech Zoleński, Adam Gumiński.- Chapter 7) Risk Perception in the Activityof Social Enterprises; MartynaWronka-Pośpiech, Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka, Konrad Laska.- Chapter 8) Identification of Risks Relatedto Operations on the Internet; Sylwia Wojciechowska-Filipek, ZbigniewCiekanowski.- Chapter9) Intellectual Capital Risk Management for Knowledge-Based Organizations; Jolanta Jurczak.- Chapter 10) Regulatory Risk in the EU Banking Sector; StanisławKasiewicz, Lech Kurkliński.- Chapter 11) The Financial Distress of PublicSector Entities: Causes and Risk Factors;Magdalena Ziolo, Małgorzata Porada-Rochon, Elżbieta Szaruga.- Chapter 12) Impact ofInsurance Companies’ Investment Policy on Risk Management in the Public Sector; Teresa Czerwińska.- Chapter 13) Personal Income Tax and the Risk of Revenue Fluctuations  in the European Union; Bogdan Mróz, Mariusz Sokołek.- Chapter 14) VAT Fraud in SelectedEuropean Union Countries and its Possible Macroeconomic Implications; Czesław Jędrzejek.

Professor Konrad Raczkowski is Undersecretary of State in the Ministry ofFinance, Poland and a member of the National Development Council of the Presidentof the Republic of Poland. He is also currently Head of the EconomicInstitute of the University of Social Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, where he is aProfessor of Economics and Management, and Chair of the Department ofEconomic Security Management. Professor Raczkowski specialises in themanagement of economic systems, public finance and the informal economy. Since2010 he has served as an expert and reviewer for the Parliamentary ResearchBureau of the Chancellery of the Parliament (Poland), various economicorganisations, enterprises and international institutions. From 2003 to 2013,he was an employee of the Ministry of Finance in Poland. He has previouslyworked with the European Commission's European Anti-Fraud Office in Brussels(2006-2010) and the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm.He is a Swedish government scholar in management (2009) and a member of theBritish Academy of Management.

• Chapter 1)What Does Risk Management in an Economy Really Mean?; Konrad Raczkowski, Piotr Tworek.- Chapter 2) Elimination ofExchange Rate Risk in TTIP By Inclusion of a Clause Linking the Dollar andEuro; Katarzyna Żukrowska.- Chapter3) The Effect of Countries’ Credit Ratings on Credit Default Swap Spreads; Patrycja Chodnicka.- Chapter 4) RiskAnalysis Instrument of Public Management; MartaPostuła.- Chapter 5) Multidimensionality of Risk in Public SafetyManagement Processes; Barbara Kożuch, Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek.- Chapter 6) The EarlyWarning Concept in Identifying Risks in Business Activity; Katarzyna Dohn, Wojciech Zoleński, Adam Gumiński.- Chapter 7) Risk Perception in the Activityof Social Enterprises; MartynaWronka-Pośpiech, Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka, Konrad Laska.- Chapter 8) Identification of Risks Relatedto Operations on the Internet; Sylwia Wojciechowska-Filipek, ZbigniewCiekanowski.- Chapter9) Intellectual Capital Risk Management for Knowledge-Based Organizations; Jolanta Jurczak.- Chapter 10) Regulatory Risk in the EU Banking Sector; StanisławKasiewicz, Lech Kurkliński.- Chapter 11) The Financial Distress of PublicSector Entities: Causes and Risk Factors;Magdalena Ziolo, Małgorzata Porada-Rochon, Elżbieta Szaruga.- Chapter 12) Impact ofInsurance Companies’ Investment Policy on Risk Management in the Public Sector; Teresa Czerwińska.- Chapter 13) Personal Income Tax and the Risk of Revenue Fluctuations  in the European Union; Bogdan Mróz, Mariusz Sokołek.- Chapter 14) VAT Fraud in SelectedEuropean Union Countries and its Possible Macroeconomic Implications; Czesław Jędrzejek.

Professor Konrad Raczkowski is Undersecretary of State in the Ministry ofFinance, Poland and a member of the National Development Council of the Presidentof the Republic of Poland. He is also currently Head of the EconomicInstitute of the University of Social Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, where he is aProfessor of Economics and Management, and Chair of the Department ofEconomic Security Management. Professor Raczkowski specialises in themanagement of economic systems, public finance and the informal economy. Since2010 he has served as an expert and reviewer for the Parliamentary ResearchBureau of the Chancellery of the Parliament (Poland), various economicorganisations, enterprises and international institutions. From 2003 to 2013,he was an employee of the Ministry of Finance in Poland. He has previouslyworked with the European Commission's European Anti-Fraud Office in Brussels(2006-2010) and the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm.He is a Swedish government scholar in management (2009) and a member of theBritish Academy of Management.

• Chapter 1)What Does Risk Management in an Economy Really Mean?; Konrad Raczkowski, Piotr Tworek.- Chapter 2) Elimination ofExchange Rate Risk in TTIP By Inclusion of a Clause Linking the Dollar andEuro; Katarzyna Żukrowska.- Chapter3) The Effect of Countries’ Credit Ratings on Credit Default Swap Spreads; Patrycja Chodnicka.- Chapter 4) RiskAnalysis Instrument of Public Management; MartaPostuła.- Chapter 5) Multidimensionality of Risk in Public SafetyManagement Processes; Barbara Kożuch, Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek.- Chapter 6) The EarlyWarning Concept in Identifying Risks in Business Activity; Katarzyna Dohn, Wojciech Zoleński, Adam Gumiński.- Chapter 7) Risk Perception in the Activityof Social Enterprises; MartynaWronka-Pośpiech, Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka, Konrad Laska.- Chapter 8) Identification of Risks Relatedto Operations on the Internet; Sylwia Wojciechowska-Filipek, ZbigniewCiekanowski.- Chapter9) Intellectual Capital Risk Management for Knowledge-Based Organizations; Jolanta Jurczak.- Chapter 10) Regulatory Risk in the EU Banking Sector; StanisławKasiewicz, Lech Kurkliński.- Chapter 11) The Financial Distress of PublicSector Entities: Causes and Risk Factors;Magdalena Ziolo, Małgorzata Porada-Rochon, Elżbieta Szaruga.- Chapter 12) Impact ofInsurance Companies’ Investment Policy on Risk Management in the Public Sector; Teresa Czerwińska.- Chapter 13) Personal Income Tax and the Risk of Revenue Fluctuations  in the European Union; Bogdan Mróz, Mariusz Sokołek.- Chapter 14) VAT Fraud in SelectedEuropean Union Countries and its Possible Macroeconomic Implications; Czesław Jędrzejek.